Tag-holder.



1. B FELICETTI. WRHING INSTRUMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-26,1918.

Patented 001:. 22, 1918.

CARL FINGLER AND JOHN M. GIBB, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TAG-HOLDER Application filed March 26, 1918. Serial No. 224,877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CARL FINGLER and JOHN M. GIBB, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infa tagholder, and has for its principal object to provide a simple, unitarydevice constructed to be secured over the edge of a shelf or to stand inan easel-like manner on a table.

Further, the invention seeks to provide a tag holder of the foregoingcharacter that may be economically and expeditiously stamped from asingle sheet of metal to present a neat frame forreceiving the cardscontaining the figures, or the like.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a front elevation of'the improved tagholder clipped over the edgeof a shelf.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same on line 22 of Fig.'1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the tag holder taken on line 33 ofFig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the improvement.

I11 carrying the invention into practice a sheet of metal is preferablyemployed, the same being out, stamped and formed to provide a frame 1having an upper, spring clamp member or leaf 2 extending rearwardlysubstantially at right angles from its top and a lower resilient clampmember or leaf 3 extending from its bottom edge at an acute angle andtoward the upper clamping member. The said lower clamp may have portionssuitably removed for increasing its resiliency, as illustrated.

The frame 1 has its rectangular edge part rolled or formedconcavo-convex, and is divided by a vertical partition or bar 4 locateda little to one side of the center to provide window openings 5 ofdifferent areas. In removing the metal for these openings, the majorportions are left integral with the partitioning bar 4, being depressedor sunken from the frame to form oppositely extending wings 6. Thus, thewings have stop walls or shoulders 7 at their inner edges While theirouter edges are rolled back to facilitate the insertion of a card orcards therebeneath.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' provided Patented (lot. 22, rate.

In use, small cards, corresponding in size to the two openings 5, areinserted in the frame beneath the spring Wings 6, said cards 8 to bearthe desired numerals or such data as is required. For economy andconvenience each card is provided with a number on both the front andback faces. The large sized cards are positioned over the largerright-hand opening 5 and bear the abbreviation for cents following thenumeral. However, should the dollar mark be used the left hand 'cardwould then be enlarged to contain such mark. The central partition 4serves as a stop for the inward sliding movement of the cards, the innercorners of which latter are protected by the flaring upper andlower-ends of the partition, as depicted at 9 in'Fig. 1.

In applying the tag holder to the edge of a shelf, the clamping members2 and 3 are slightly sprung to receive the thickness of the shelf so asto afford a frictional grip 'for securely holding the device on theshelf;

When merely resting on a flat surface, as a table, the holder is stoodon its lower leaf 3, the inclination of which gives the desired backwardtiltv to the frame. The free edge of the lower leaf 3 is deflecteddownwardly, as at 10, such downturned edge portion serving a dualfunction by bracing the holder when standing. in an easel-like mannerand also by facilitating the entrance of the shelf between said clampingmembers.

Thus, a simple and neat tag holder .is which may be economically stampedinto thedesired form without complicated operations.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A tag holder constructed of sheet metalcut and bent to provide'a frame and upper and lower .clamping membersextending rearwardly from the top and bottom edges of the frame, thelatter having its edge part rolled and its opening divided by apartition into a plurality of windows, that I rtion removed to form thewindows being 1! ft integral with and depressed from the partition toprovide oppositely extending wings for holding cards in the windows, theupper and lower end portions of the partition flaring to engage over theinner corners of the cards.

2. A tag holder constructed of sheet metal out and bent to provide aframe and upper sion of the coil around the instrument together with thereversing feature of the end which is adapted to penetrate the clothing,is sufficient to properly secure the holder to the writing instrument. Ihave shown in Fig. 6 an instrument holder in which the pointed end 9 ofthe coil is omitted and in lieu thereof the corresponding end 10 remainsparallel to and within the confines of the body portion 6. In all otherrespects the construction shown in Fig. 6 is similar to that describedin connection with Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, and I have, therefore, givensimilar parts corresponding reference numerals.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it willbe understood that the various parts of my invention may he changedwithout departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A writing instrument holder consisting of a member wound spirally inthe form of a helix and having an end portion bent back upon itself toprovide a hook pointing in a direction reverse to that of the spiralportion from which it is bent and adapted to penetrate material,substantially as described.

2. A writing instrument holder consisting of a member wound spirally inthe form of a helix and having an end portion bent back upon itself toprovide a hook pointing in a direction reverse to that of the spiralportion from which it is bent and adapted to penetrate material, saidportion being spaced, adjacent its point of bend, from the convolutionfrom which it is bent, and having a pointed end normally positionedcloser to the coiled body portion of the holder than the adjacent partof said spaced por tion, substantially as described.

3. A writing instrument holder consisting of a member wound spirally inthe form of a helix and having an end portion bent in a directionreverse to that of the spiral pitch and adapted to penetrate material,the opposite end of said holder being positioned closer to the axis thanthe portion of the coil which produces the internal diameter thereof soas to penetrate the writing instrument, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin witnesses.

JOHN iiAPTIsTE FELIOETTI. IVitnesses:

MARY A. INGLAR,

CHAS. E. Po'rTs.

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Washington, I). 0.

